Stopper-holder for water-bags.



PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

A. 0. (JOE. STOPPER HOLDER FOR WATER BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1904 WlTNESSES.

INVENTOR.

:Rs, wnsumswn w c UNITED STATES ALBERT C. COE, OF ORANGE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE FALCON Patented July 18, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

RUBBER COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

STOPPER-HOLDER FOR WATER-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,782, dated July 18, 1905.

Application filed July 29, 1904. Serial No. 218,691.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. Con, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Stopper- Holder for VVater-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to rubber water-bags that is, flexible bags made of rubber and used for holding either hot or cold water for general purposes, more especially for use in the sick-room. It is of course well understood that rubber water-bags of this character are provided at their lower ends with a hangingloop and at the stopper end with a holdingloop for convenience in filling and in handling them in use and also with a neck having rigidly secured therein a threaded metallic sleeve which is engaged by a thread upon the stopper. WVhen not in use, water-bags are ordinarily suspended by means of the hanging-loop with the stopper out in order to insure perfect drainage.

The special object of my present invention is to provide simple, inexpensive, and convenient means for detachably securing stoppers to water-bags, so that therewill be no danger of the stopper being lost and obviating the necessity of turning the stopper into the threaded neck, which is seriously objectionable, as it prevents drainage of the bottle and is apt to cause the threads of the stopper to rust and frequently causes leakage about the stopper. It is of course well understood that competition in articles of this character is very great and that prices are close, so that while improvements are constantly sought for in order to insure their adoption they must be such as will not appreciably increase the cost of production, and consequently will not increase the retail price. In order, therefore, to accomplish the desired resultthat is, provide water bottles with convenient means for detachably connecting the stoppers thereto when not in use, so that the stoppers will not become lost, will not oxidize, and drainage of the water-bag will not be interfered withI have devised the novel construction, which I will now describe, referring to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, and using reference characters to indicate the several parts.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a water-bag as it is suspended when not in use, showing the stopper detachably secured thereto in accordance with my present invention; Fig. 2, an

elevation, on an enlarged scale, of my novel stopper detached. Figs. 3, L, and 6 are detail views, on an enlarged scale, of a portion of the holding-loop, showing modifications in the finish of the retaining-slot; Fig. 5, a section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4:, and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 in Fig. 6.

10 indicates a water-bottle of any ordinary or preferred construction; 11, the hangingloop; 12, the neck, which is provided with the usual threaded metallic sleeve 13, pouringguard 14, and holding-loop 15.

16 denotes the stopper, which is ordinarily made of metal and provided with a thread 17 to engage the threaded sleeve in the neck.

The novelty in my present invention lies in providing the outer lap of the holding-loop with a retaining-slot 18 and providing the stopper with a retaining-bar 19, which may be passed through the retaining-slot when in longitudinal alinement therewith and when turned at right angles to the slot will detachably secure the stopper to the holding-loop, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. This retainingslot is preferably made longitudinally of the holding-loop and is shown at approximately the mid-length of the loop, although the exact location of the slot is a. detail of construction that may be varied in accordance with taste or the requirements of use. In Fig. 3 I have shown the retaining-slot as simply a plain slot cut through the outer lap of the holding-loop.

.In Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown the retainingslot as provided on both sides of the outer lap of the loop with reinforces 20, which may be made of rubber, and in Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown the retaining-slot as provided with a metal eyelet or gromet 21.

22 indicates the head of the stopper, which is provided. for convenience in use and may be of any preferred shape or design. It is required for the purposes of my present in vention that the head be provided with a retaining-bar 19, which is connected to the head by a neck 23, adapted to lie in the retainingslot. In practice the head, neck, and retaining-bar may be blanked out integral from sheet metal, as indicated in Fig. 2. I

The operation is so obvious as hardly to require further description. When the waterbag is not in use, the stopper may be detachably secured thereto, so that it will not be detached in ordinary handling, but may be readily detached when required for use by placing the retaining-bar in alinernent with the retaining-slot, passing the bar through the retaining-slot from the outer side and then turning it at right angles to the slot with the neck lying in the slot, thus leaving the stopper suspended from the holding-loop by eans of the cross-bar,-as clearly shown in ing-bar which is connected to the head by a neck, said retaining-bar being adapted to pass through the retaining-slot when in longitudinal alinernent therewith and to secure the stopper to the loop when turned at right angles to the slot.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I ALBERT O. COE.

Witnesses:

EARNEST C. SIMPsoN, MARTHA B. THoMAs. 

